Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Gopal Krishna Gokhale (9 May 1866-19 February 1915) was an Indian National Congress leader who advocated for reforms in the government of British India.

Biography
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, British Raj on 9 May 1866 to a Hindu Marathi brahmin family, and he graduated from Elphinstone College in 1884. He became a great admirer of John Stuart Mill and Edmund Burke's writings, and he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1889. In 1905, he founded the Servants of India Society, promoting social and human development and the overthrow of British rule in India. Gokhale led the moderate faction of the INC, advocating reforms by working with existing government institutions, and he encouraged Mahatma Gandhi to "make India proud of herself" and succeed him as the leader of the Indian independence movement. He died in 1915.